Sash-lifter.



R. GORBIN.

SASH LIFTER.

APrLIoArIoB FILED APBJD, 1909.

Patented Aug. 17, 1909.

' siish by anyone, and will practical ROYAL GORBIN, OF OHAMPLAIN, NEW YORK.

SABH-LIFTER.

Specicatiocn ci Letters Patent.

Patented'Aug. 17, 1909.

Application led April 19, 1909. Serial No. 490,726.

To all @hom 'it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, ROYAL ConnIN, of Champlain, in the county of Clinton and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash-Lifters; and I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form part of this specification.

Thisinvention is a novel means for starting and lifting window sash; and the object of the invention is to provide a simple device which can be readily attached to the lower rail of a window sash and used to lift the sash, and is so formed that it can also be i'ised to forcibly start the sash in case the latter is jammed.

The device comprises a combined pull or finger hold andan eccentric piece pivoted upon a single screw or in by which it is fastened to the lowerV rai sash.

It is well known that when a Window sash is lowered and remains undisturbed for a. time, or if it fits very closely, it is diiiicult to'raise it; but if my device is attached to such sash, anyone by 4simply turning the device to one side can easily start the sash, thus overcoming the binding, and then can readily lift the sash in the ordinary manner.

The invention rovidcs a sashstart'cr and pull of the simp est and cheapest construc tion, and which can be readily ap lied to a l)T costno molrl'e than the ordinary sash finger-holds or pu` s.

The invention will be readily understood from the accompanying drawings and following description thereof.

In said draWngs-Fignre 1 is a front view of the device as applied to na window sash. F ig. 2 is an enlarged front View of the device showing it in sash starting osition in full lines, and in normal liting position in dotted lines. Fig. 3 is an enlar ed vertical section on line 3 3, Fig. 1.

s shown in the drawings, the device con1- prises a combined finger-hold and cam lever, which may be cast or forged; being preferably cast. It consists of a bodyportion 1 having a finger-hold 1B at its upper end and a rounded cam or eccentric portion 1b at its lower end which as indicated in the drawings) should be of sufficient weight to keep the ,device normally in a vertical position;

said cam portion may be provided with an mitwardlyl projecting flange 1c to give it more bearing surface on the window sill.

Above the fiange 1 and eccentric to the cam portion 1n is a perforation 1"' for the passage of a fastening screw 2, by which the device is attached to the lower rail S 0f a window sash. A Washer 2 may be inter osed between the head of the screw and t e device l, and a washer 2b may, if desired, be placed on the screw between the device and the sash; but these washers are not essential.

The device is secured to the sash S in such position that when the sash is fully lowered and the device is upright as indicated in Fig. l, the central or lowest part of the canrlIJ will lightly rest upon the upper to of the sill f of the window frame F as siown in Fig. l; and the device is used to lift the sash just like an ordinary window-pull, by insertin the .forefinger under the finger-hold 1a. I the sash should stick however, the device is turned t one side, either left, or right, as indicated in Fig. 2, whereupon the cani l" engages the upper surface of the sill f and forces the sash upwardly, thus starting-it, and enabling the operator by pulling upwardly on the device to raise thc sash'in the ordinary manner.

As the device is attached to the sash rail by one screw or pivot it is capable of being swung to right or left to start the sash. By

making the lower part of the device circular or cani shaped and' pivoting it eccentrically on the single screw or pivot as described the lower end becomes a cam and the device is rendered capable of two functions, to wit-that of forcibly starting the sash by simply turning the device, and that of raisin r the sash'by an upward pull. The device while simple 1s ca able of forcibl startin the sash by slight y turning the evice an of .lifting the sash after it is started. The finger-hold not only facilitates the lifting of the sash, but enables anyone to readily .forcibly start the sash; the operatorby practically one movement first starting the sash and then without changin his hold on the device ,lifting the sash; the finger-hold in one sense acts as a lever in starting the sash, and then as a lifter in raising the sash.

Havingr described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent thereon is:

1. As a new article of manufacture the herein described sash 1i fier and starter consisting of a single piece of metal formed at its upper end with a finger-hold and at its lower end with a cam the device being loosely pivoted to the sash and adapted to -rest normally in en upright position to enand'sill of a combined lifter and starter conssting of asingle piece of netal having a finger hold at its upper end and a wei hted com at its lower end, said device eing loosely pivoted to the sash and adapted to rest normally in an upright position and to start the sash' When the finger hold is moved 15 in either direction, substantlally as described.

In testimony thatl claim the foregoing as my own, I ailx my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

ROYAL COR'BIN.

Witnesses:

JOHN W. CLARK, JAMES B. STEARNS. 

